James Boswell Quotes
To abolish a status, which in all ages God has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only be robbery to an innumerable class of our fellow-subjects; but it would be extreme cruelty to the African Savages, a portion of whom it saves from massacre, or intolerable bondage in their own country, and introduces into a much happier state of life; especially now when their passage to the West-Indies and their treatment there is humanely regulated.
James Boswell
Quotes to Explore
In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
Aaron Siskind
Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.
Zig Ziglar
Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
Nathaniel Philbrick
I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
Laura Mvula
My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
Nas
The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
Damien Hirst
It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
Barry Jenkins
I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
N. T. Wright
At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.
Daniel Day-Lewis
To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
Karl Pilkington
I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.
Haley Lu Richardson
For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
Viggo Mortensen
The game overall has gotten so much better, stronger, more physical parts to the game.
Martina Hingis
I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an alternative for people.
Marina and the Diamonds
Each time I spend with Stella McCartney, I like her better. So I was excited to be asked by her.
Nan Goldin
I knew there were going to be boos if the Knicks drafted me. That's how New York fans are.
Kristaps Porzingis
I think my biggest learning experience is that it's okay to be who you are - you don't have to exactly fit the mold of what people think a certain kind of career is. I think that discovery - of really knowing who I am and being okay with that and loving myself - was amazing.
Dree Hemingway
To abolish a status, which in all ages God has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only be robbery to an innumerable class of our fellow-subjects; but it would be extreme cruelty to the African Savages, a portion of whom it saves from massacre, or intolerable bondage in their own country, and introduces into a much happier state of life; especially now when their passage to the West-Indies and their treatment there is humanely regulated.
James Boswell
